diff --git a/src/components/overlays/notificationsModal/components/NotificationModal.tsx b/src/components/overlays/notificationsModal/components/NotificationModal.tsx
index 02496949..31ab5b4f 100644
--- a/src/components/overlays/notificationsModal/components/NotificationModal.tsx
+++ b/src/components/overlays/notificationsModal/components/NotificationModal.tsx
@@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ export function NotificationModal({ id }: NotificationModalProps) {
                       item.querySelector("category")?.textContent || "";
 
                     // Skip items without essential data
-                    if (!guid || !title) {
+                    // Use link as fallback for guid if guid is missing
+                    const itemGuid = guid || link;
+                    if (!itemGuid || !title) {
                       return;
                     }
 
@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@ export function NotificationModal({ id }: NotificationModalProps) {
                     const notificationDate = new Date(pubDate);
 
                     allNotifications.push({
-                      guid,
+                      guid: itemGuid,
                       title,
                       link,
                       description,
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ export function NotificationModal({ id }: NotificationModalProps) {
 
                     // Collect GUIDs of notifications older than autoReadDays
                     if (notificationDate <= autoReadDate) {
-                      autoReadGuids.push(guid);
+                      autoReadGuids.push(itemGuid);
                     }
                   } catch (itemError) {
                     // Skip malformed items
diff --git a/src/components/overlays/notificationsModal/hooks/useNotifications.ts b/src/components/overlays/notificationsModal/hooks/useNotifications.ts
index e977ec43..e47b47cd 100644
--- a/src/components/overlays/notificationsModal/hooks/useNotifications.ts
+++ b/src/components/overlays/notificationsModal/hooks/useNotifications.ts
@@ -68,12 +68,14 @@ export function useNotifications() {
                         item.querySelector("category")?.textContent || "";
 
                       // Skip items without essential data
-                      if (!guid || !title) {
+                      // Use link as fallback for guid if guid is missing
+                      const itemGuid = guid || link;
+                      if (!itemGuid || !title) {
                         return;
                       }
 
                       allNotifications.push({
-                        guid,
+                        guid: itemGuid,
                         title,
                         link,
                         description,